A Barneys employee yesterday accused a vengeful Star Jones of using her showbiz clout to get him demoted to basement security guard.

Tyrone Harris told The Post the upscale Midtown retailer dropped him as its doorman, a job that brings in plenty of fat tips, because the “The View” gabber falsely concluded that on March 3 he helped sic pushy paparazzi on her.

Harris, 24, of Brooklyn, said Jones’ driver pulled up to the main entrance on Madison Avenue that day and inquired whether photographers were around. Harris said “yes,” and suggested using the side door, which Jones did.

He said it wasn’t his fault the paparazzi still tracked down the motormouth.

Harris also said Jones later told Barneys brass that he tipped the photographers off about her arrival and that she would never shop there again unless he was fired.

“I thought I was doing her a favor, and she got my job,” said Harris, who began working at Barneys two years ago, starting out in security before moving up.

“It’s not just about tips,” he added. “It’s about being out and using my personality, and trying to network to move ahead in life, not down. Right now, she just put me back down in the basement.”

The timing for being photographed couldn’t have been worse for Jones. She was dressed in a loud mink coat the same day The Post’s Page Six ran a photo of drag queen Flotilla DeBarge impersonating Jones in a new PETA ad the daytime TV co-host is trying to squelch.

So photographers stargazing outside the store on March 3 quickly began shooting Fur-zilla like she was target practice.

Jones’ publicist could not be reached yesterday for comment. A woman answering the phone at Barneys said no one was available for comment.

One paparazzo who regularly shoots outside Barneys defended Harris, saying Jones “was completely out of bounds” because Harris never gave her up.